Tom Neilson – Measham

May 2017

Drugs and child abuse images councillor avoids jail

A former Labour councillor who was involved in drug dealing and was caught in possession of indecent images of children has escaped a jail sentence.

Tom Neilson (33) allowed his lodger to supply M-Cat from his home in High Street, Measham, where drugs parties were also held.

When Leicestershire Police raided his house, in November 2015, they caught his lodger, Brendan Evans, with a 40.35 grams stash of M-Cat, worth £1,100, and drugs paraphernalia, including dealer bags.

Neilson’s computers were seized and officers discovered he had accessed nearly 3,000 indecent images of youngsters on the internet, along with extreme pornography, involving sex with animals, James Bide-Thomas, prosecuting, told Leicester Crown Court.